Inspec keywords: set theory; pattern clustering; minimisation; image segmentation

Other keywords: severe inhomogeneous image segmentation; adaptive multilayer level set structure; appropriate candidate scales; multilayer structure; local adaptive scale operator; severe intensity inhomogeneity; adaptive multilayer level set method; bias correction; fixed scale clustering criterion; designed scale operators; dual minimisation method; hybrid bias field initialisation procedure; improved global adaptive scale operator; clustering kernel function; gentle intensity inhomogeneity

Subjects: Optimisation techniques; Computer vision and image processing techniques; Combinatorial mathematics; Combinatorial mathematics; Optical, image and video signal processing; Optimisation techniques